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uptight definition

☆ up·tight (up′tīt′)

adjective

  1. very tense, nervous, anxious, etc.
  2. overly conventional or strict

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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